Andrej Karpathy co-founded OpenAI, ran Tesla's AI team, and coined "vibe coding" about a year ago. At Sequoia's AI Ascent 2026, Stephanie Zhan asked him directly whether the last year felt exhilarating or unsettling. His answer: he's never felt more behind as a programmer. Every credentialed builder I watch eventually says some version of this — the title survives, the rung underneath it doesn't. His explanation is the actual value here. Software 1.0 was explicit rul...